Striking Detroit hotel workers had high-profile supporters

The pop legend, the National Hockey League team and the conference called CityLab 2018 were bartenders, servers, cashiers, bellmen, front-desk workers, and housekeepers during the conference that began on Oct. 7. The workers are represented by the Union Unite Here.

The Detroit hotel workers argued that they could not survive on their Book Cadillac pay. The hotel staff at the nearby Marriott Renaissance Center earned an average of $ 2 more per hour. Before the strike, a Cadillac bellhop was paid $ 8.50 an hour and a cashier earned $ 14.50 an hour. Those are below the hours of the Detroit casinos and the RenCen Marriott, spokeswoman Rachel Gumpert said. Unite Here represents more than 20,000 Marriott workers in the United States and Canada.

Marriott officials did not respond to the Detroit News.

Union officials Saturday, April 27th, 2009 at 1:45 pm The Cadillac Workers Book. Nia Winston, President of Local Unite 24, called the settlement "historic progress" on wages, healthcare, benefits and working conditions.

"What we've achieved in the area of ​​Detroit," she said. "She added the new deal would work one job.

The Book Cadillac employees were part of 8,000 workers, including Boston, San Diego, San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco, Maui and Oahu, according to the labor union. The Oakland and Detroit are working this weekend.

"We are encouraged by the progress achieved in the strikes in Oakland and Detroit with strong, fair contracts, and are hopeful that similar progress can be achieved in the other six cities still on strike," said Taylor, Unite's International President said in a statement. "The progress made by Marriott this week in both cities that they are able to make reasonable movement, and we are hopeful that soon one job will be enough to live with dignity in every Marriott in all cities."

Local 24 officials said it would be released further details on the settlement. The six cities are scheduled to come back to the market, or to the markets.